Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Collinge to Collins, C., 1829-1918.
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.
Collinge, N R.
Letter, 1850, of N R Collinge to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.
Collings, Edwin.
Letter, 1852, of Edwin Collings to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.
Collingwood, Cuthbert.
Letters, 1867-1869, 1872 and 1884-1885, of Cuthbert Collingwood to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 5-31.
Folio 18. Advertisement for Collingwood’s ‘Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea’, published by Murray in 1868.
Folio 23. Advertisement for Collingwood’s ‘Vision of Creation’, published by Longmans in 1872.
Collingwood, William Gershom.
Letter, 1898, of William Gershom Collingwood to John Murray IV. Folios 32-35.
Folio 34. Colour print of ‘Stepping Stones on the Duddon’ by Harold Moss.
Collins, Agnes Julia Henn.
Letter, 1916, of Agnes Julia Henn Collins to John Murray IV. Folios 36-37.
Collins, Arthur Pelham.
Letter, 1912, of Arthur Pelham Collins to John Murray IV. Folio 38.
Collins, Charles.
Letter, 1829, of Charles Collins to John Murray II. Folios 39-40.
Collins, Charles Allston.
Letters, 1861, of Charles Allston Collins to John Murray III. Folios 41-43.
Collins, Clifton Wilbraham.
Letters, 1879-1881, 1883-1885, 1890-1898, 1907-1909, 1911-1912 and 1914-1918, to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 44-277.
Folios 48-49. Circular, 1880, of Francis Richard John Sandford, of the Education Department, to Clifton Wilbraham Collins.
Folios 72-73. Letter, 1885, of Ethel Katharine Pearce to John Murray publishers, 1885. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1885, of Collins to John Murray IV, folios 70-71.
Folio 263. Press cutting showing the apartments allocated to the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, at Magdalen College, Oxford. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1912, of Collins to John Murray IV, folio 262.
Dates
- Creation: 1829-1918.
Creator
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii + 277 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1234
Subject
- Collinge, N R, correspondent of John Murray, publishers, fl 1850 (Person)
- Collings, Edwin, librarian and bookseller, ? 1788-1857 (Person)
- Collingwood, Cuthbert, naturalist, 1826–1908 (Person)
- Collingwood, William Gershom, author, artist, and antiquary, 1854-1932 (Person)
- Collins, Agnes Julia Henn, wife of Hon. Stephen Ogle Henn Collins, judge, née Lambert, ? 1875-1956 (Person)
- Collins, Arthur Pelham, theatre manager and producer, 1863-1932 (Person)
- Collins, Charles Allston, painter and author, 1828-1873 (Person)
- Collins, Clifton Wilbraham, miscellaneous writer, 1844-1918 (Person)
- Collins, Charles, Vicar of Faversham, 1800-1866 (Person)
- Sandford, Francis Richard John, 1st Baron Sandford, civil servant, 1824-1893 (Person)
- Moss, Harold, artist, 1863-1910 (Person)
- Pearce, Ethel Katharine, entomologist and antiquary, 1856-1940 (Person)
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